Everyone put their shoes into the basket and wiped their feet clean with straw, Xiao Ming carried the fish basket on his back, and the army carried the basket and prepared to go home.

A little foot pain on the road barefoot, but happy with the harvest this afternoon.

Xiao Ming gave the fish basket to Ji Xing to carry, Ji Xing said that he was also in the countryside, but his father did not catch it, mainly because he did not have time.

Xiao Ming used a lead pole, with iron at both ends, sharpened and sharpened, and picked up two bundles of straw to go back.

Tianhong and Qinghai each carried a bundle with a basket, and the five of them went back. It was almost evening, and it was already half past six in the afternoon.

The five of them walked quickly, and the dry straw was much lighter than the grain. Everyone walked very fast, did not stop on the road, and soon arrived home.

You Ma and the third sister have already harvested the rice, and the sun has been basking in the sun for three days in a row, and it is already very dry, thanks to the good weather, it will dry so fast.

Prepare to bask in three more such suns, you don't have to bask in the sun, You Ma thought so, after putting it away, she was already cooking in the kitchen and stir-frying.

Xiao Ming put down the dry straw in his hand and hurried to the kitchen, Ji Xing carried the fish basket on his back, Xiao Ming called his mother loudly, saying that he caught some yellow eels today, and fried them tonight, and You Ma smiled and said okay.

Tianhong and they ran to the well to wash their feet, Xiao Ming took two wooden barrels, walked to the well, and asked Ji Xing to open the lid and pour it into the bucket, Ji Xing said yes.

Xiao Ming poured water into the bucket, the army washed their feet, quickly put on their shoes, and Xiao Ming went to the kitchen to get tools.

took a cutting board and a pair of iron scissors, as well as a big iron nail and a hammer, and began to prepare to clean up the yellow eel, and then Xiao Ming caught a yellow eel, asked the army to give him the iron nail, carefully nailed it to the cutting board, and knocked it a few times with the hammer.

The four boys rarely eat this at home, and they all took it back after cleaning it outside, and they knew it was a little difficult to see Xiao Ming clean it up like this.

Xiao Ming grabbed the yellow eel's tail and used the iron scissors to cut open its belly, telling the army to take out all the internal organs. The army said yes.

Xiao Ming finished cutting the second one and asked Tianhong to help, Tianhong said yes, Xiao Ming cut the third one and asked Jixing to help, and Jixing said yes.

Knowing that Qinghai's left hand is not good yet, Xiao Ming just asked him to watch from the side. Qinghai had no choice but to say yes.

In this way, Xiao Ming cut it alone, the three of them dug out the internal organs, and after half an hour, they finally cleaned up, and You's mother had already finished frying the dishes and had already asked the third sister to serve it on the table.

Xiao Ming took the cleaned yellow eel to You's mother, asked her to cook it, and asked them to wash the wooden barrel and bring it back, wash their hands and eat, it was almost dark.

Everyone said yes, You Ma quickly cut the yellow eel with a knife, and soon began to braise it, she had cooked it before, and it tasted good.

You Ma asked Xiao Ming to eat first, Xiao Ming said okay, tonight he killed another chicken, Xiao Ming went to the hall to sit down, asked everyone to eat first, everyone said: "Wait a minute, your mother and your sister haven't come yet." ”

Xiao Ming said okay, sat there and waited for about twenty minutes, smelling the aroma of chicken and drooling.

You Ma and the others finally came over, holding two large bowls of yellow eel meat, smiling and telling everyone to eat, everyone said yes, picked up chopsticks and ate.

Eating the freshly cooked yellow eel meat, I thought it was delicious, everyone shouted that it was delicious, Xiao Ming smiled and told everyone to be careful of the bones, and everyone nodded and said yes.

You's mother smiled while eating and said, "You shouldn't eat this at home, I heard that this is more expensive than pork in the city, right?" ”

Everyone nodded and said, "We eat bigger than this, I don't know if it's like this?"

You Ma had to say not necessarily, everyone was so happy to eat, they ate all the two large bowls of yellow eel meat, the chicken was also eaten, there were two bowls of vegetarian dishes left, and five vegetarian dishes were fried.

After eating, the third sister and You's mother went to wash the dishes, and the five of them sat there to rest, with a full separation.

After eating the most tonight, Dajun smiled and said, "Xiao Ming, do we want to go out tonight to see if there are any yellow eels?"

Xiao Ming immediately smiled and said, "I want to go, but I'm a little afraid of encountering snakes, because it's night, it's better during the day, and it's easiest to encounter it in summer." ”

The four boys were taken aback and asked, "Really, then don't go, it's a little scary, after all, some snakes are venomous, I've seen them in books." Let's go tomorrow morning. ”

Xiao Ming said okay, everyone rested for a while, the third sister started hot water, asked everyone to take a bath, and everyone said okay.

After everyone had washed up, they began to lie on the bed and talk, and Dajun asked Xiao Ming: "Is your village chief here?" Let's go and ask him tomorrow to tell him about the situation in the village. ”

Xiao Ming said okay, tomorrow morning to move all the straw back, by the way to see if there are any yellow eels, in the afternoon to go to the village to catch the street, the village chief will be there, tomorrow to catch the market, my mother tomorrow to pay the public grain.

The three boys asked, "What kind of public rations do you pay?"

Xiao Ming patiently explained that every year the peasants grow grain, they must pay a little grain to the government, my mother said, you can ask the village chief carefully tomorrow.

They said yes to the army, and Jixing also said that my grandfather and grandfather's family would hand it over, but we didn't plant it, so it seems that we also handed it over.

After hearing this, Tianhong said that this was the case, as it was said in the books, that the people in the city had no land, so they shouldn't have to pay this.

Xiao Ming had no choice but to say that it should be, and only after asking did he know that the army looked at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock, and asked everyone to go to bed early, and everyone said okay. Slowly began to fall asleep.

The third sister and You's mother also slept after washing.

The next morning, everyone got up at half past seven, thinking that they were going to catch yellow eels today, and they were all very happy.

After breakfast, You's mother talked to Xiao Ming, and went to the street with the third sister carrying the grain.

Xiao Ming took everyone to the field again, took the belongings, and soon arrived in the field, or Xiao Ming and the three of them went down to see, Jixing and Qinghai stayed on the shore of the field, and the three of them looked separately as yesterday.

Looking at it quickly, the luck of the army today is good, and after a while, he looked at ten bamboo baskets and saw that there were seven yellow eels, he shouted happily, took the bamboo basket to Xiao Ming, let him catch it, Xiao Ming said okay.

Xiao Ming also looked at fifteen bamboo baskets, saw that there were ten yellow eels and happily caught them in the fish basket, and Tianhong also looked at ten and saw six of them.

After all the inspections were completed, Dajun immediately asked, "Xiao Ming, do you want to put the bamboo basket down?"

Xiao Ming immediately said no, because the corn flour and earthworms should be gone, and they all had to be taken up and put back on.

Xiao Ming climbed onto the shore, Ji Xing asked Xiao Ming with a smile, how many did you catch? Xiao Ming took the fish basket and put it on his back, and said with a smile: "It should be more than yesterday, I caught fifteen, Tianhong They don't know, ask them later." ”

After saying that, he went down to help lift all the bamboo baskets, dozens of bamboo baskets were all covered with mud, a bit heavy, and the three of them finished cleaning up after an hour.

The three of them climbed ashore and began to release the bait, Qinghai and Jixing also helped, Jixing asked while putting it down, "After putting it down, will we come again in the afternoon?"

Xiao Ming nodded and said yes, went to the street, asked the village chief and came back here, anyway, let's get here at half past five in the afternoon.

Qinghai smiled and asked Tianhong how many she saw, and Tianhong smiled and said, "I was lucky today and saw twelve." ”

Qinghai nodded and said, "It's amazing, there are a lot of yellow eels in this field." ”

Then Xiao Ming asked Dajun how many he saw? Dajun said happily: "I'm really lucky today, I saw fourteen." ”

After listening to this, Ji Xing said with a smile: "I can eat another meal at noon today, it's really delicious, more than a dozen more than yesterday." ”

Everyone said yes, and after quickly finishing it, Xiao Ming and the three of them went down again and began to put the bamboo basket like yesterday.

When it was over, it was almost an hour, and the three of them slowly climbed up to the shore of the field, ready to go home, Xiao Ming looked at the time, it was already ten o'clock in the morning.

Everyone packed up and went home with the straw as they did yesterday.

You's mother has already returned, the sun has come out, and after she and her third sister have paid the public grain, they came back to dry the rice and are washing clothes.

When Xiao Ming and the others came back, You Ma and they had just finished washing their clothes, Xiao Ming called her, saying that she was going to eat yellow eels again at noon today, and You Ma smiled and said okay.

After Xiao Ming put down the straw, they washed their feet, put on their shoes, and prepared to carry all the remaining straw back.

Xiao Ming asked Ji Xing to pour the yellow eel into a wooden bucket, fill it with water, and wait to come back and clean it up, and Ji Xing said yes.

Xiao Ming found two back baskets and gave them to the army and Ji Xing, and there were four back baskets at home, just one of them.

The army wanted to pick up the basket and fight, Xiao Ming said yes, told him to put down the basket, and went out with everyone again.

Soon came to the shore of the field, carried all the remaining straw, and watched the army pick two bundles, everyone was worried that he would not be able to pick them back, he immediately said: "Let's go, you go back first, and when you come back, you can pick me up." ”

Everyone said okay, carried the straw on their backs, the army carried the rear, Tianhong walked to the front, followed by Jixing, Qinghai, and Xiaoming.

The four boys in front walked quickly, and it didn't take long for the army to fall far behind, and everyone had to walk quickly.

It didn't take long for them to get home, Xiao Ming told them to rest, went to pick up the army himself, and turned to leave.

The army rested twice on the road, it was still a little heavy, wiped the sweat on his face, and hoped that Xiao Ming would come soon. Xiao Ming looks thinner than them, but he has the most strength to do farm work.

Xiao Ming walked quickly, and soon saw the army, and said with a smile: "Tired, I'll pick it, you go first." ”

The army said yes, and after a while, they finally arrived home. You Ma and the others have already cooked, and Jixing and they are sitting there resting.

After Xiao Ming put it down, he took a break and prepared to start cleaning up the yellow eel, like yesterday, he asked Qinghai not to help, and today's yellow eel is a little bigger.

After cleaning up like yesterday, more than an hour has passed, and You's mother has already fried the vegetables and killed a duck at noon today.

Xiao Ming asked his mother to cook it, found the soap, and asked everyone to scrub their hands, their hands smelled fishy, and everyone said okay.

After washing, they all sat at the table and waited, smelling the fragrance of duck meat, and wanted to eat it, hoping that the yellow eel would be good soon.

After a long while, You's mother finally came over and brought three bowls of fragrant yellow eel meat with the third sister.

I sat down and told everyone to eat quickly, and everyone said yes and ate happily.

When it was finished, there was a bowl of duck meat, a bowl of yellow eel meat, and a bowl of cabbage. Today I work less and eat less.

After eating, Xiao Ming told everyone to go to sleep and go to the street at half past three in the afternoon.